The pre-owned game fee is, apparently, not true. The games will go through authentication checks, not force you to pay a fee. This is great news for me.

But this little thing about the Kinect worries me. And the lack of backwards compatibility with Xbox 360 games STILL kills the console for me.

Along with that, I’d have to get a brand new headset for the console. I like headsets, but they are expensive. So that is an inconvenience.

And while the lack of a pre-owned game fee is good news, I still don’t like the console. It’s centered around TV streaming, being a voice-activated remote, and sports, none of which I really care about when looking at a video game console.

Yea, because there aren’t already a thousand other posts describing what’s wrong with this console already.

I’m just gonna go through a couple things about the “Xbox One”, and state my opinions on ‘em, okay? Okay.

1) Players have to pay a fee to play used games.

Alright, this is a horrible idea. Who the hell thought this was a good idea? The group of people that thought this was a good idea should be fired.

Of course, there’s the whole “I’m short on cash, I’m just gonna buy this used,” and “Hey bro would you like to borrow a game?” no longer ever going to be something said when referring to Xbox One games, let me ask you something.

After a year or so after release, there are going to be game titles that are no longer being sold “new”, as the developers have moved on to the next game. How exactly is someone who missed out on that game supposed to play it? What about the people that have sold that game, deleted their instal of it, and decide to get it again but can only get it used?

This idea is moronic in its entirety. And the biggest problem? It’s not some rumor, it’s a confirmed fact. Just… why. I know it’s the job of corporate America to be comprised of money-grubbing assholes that look at the consumer as nothing more than walking cash cows, but this is just stupid.

But hey, now we know why EA isn’t doing the online passes anymore.

2) Not backwards compatible with Xbox 360 games, be it physical discs, or digital instals.

This has always been a deal breaker for me. The reason I didn’t get the PS3? Because it couldn’t play my PS2 games. The reason why I love the GameBoy Advance? Because I can play GameBoy Advance, GameBoy Color, and original GameBoy games.

I’ve spent so much money on Xbox 360 games, DLC for said games, and not to mention the stupid, yet tolerable, Xbox Live Gold fee for multiplayer and other online things. I’ve gotten a couple Xbox Live Arcade games as well. And guess what? All that money goes to waste. Say goodbye to all those games you bought.

3) The console must be connected to the internet approximately 24 hours for you to access ANYTHING.

Yea, it’s not always-online. Now you have to manually make sure that you connect to the internet once every single day to make sure you don’t get locked out. Do I need to say more? That is going to be tedious as all hell.

4) The Xbox One will not operate without a “Kinect 2” connected to it.

Yes, because that’s how you sell a gimmick. You could hype it up as much as possible and reap the benefits as millions of unsuspecting cash cows - I mean “very precious consumers that we care about very much” - throw money at your pretty shiny explodey awesomeness that turns out to be a pile of crap.

Nah, why do that. Instead, force people to use it. Why? Because it turns your console into a voice-activated remote control. Because people buy a video game console based on its ability to let you watch television, right?

5) Each disc MUST be installed to the hard drive, and each disc has only one instal, per disc, per Xbox Live account.

This is a part of point 1, this is what lets that pay wall for used games be possible. Just like with point 1, I would just like to know who, exactly, thought this was a good idea? Yea, I understand that video game developers lose money over used games, but all this is just going too far.

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As for the Xbox One reveal itself, it was centered almost entirely around television. A video game console is being centered around its ability to let you watch television. Might as well say, “Yea, we know that every game for this hunk of junk is going to be shit, so now we can let you switch from playing video games to watching television in an instant, so you don’t have to claw your eyes out when you witness our mass of horrible games that exist solely for the purpose of us taking your money.”

“But mister jackass! It’s supposed to be an all-in-one entertainment center!”

Just like the PS3. And just like with the PS3, I’m going to say this:

If I want an entertainment center, I’ll buy one. But guess what? I’m not buying one. I’m buying a video game console. And do you know what I want from a video game console? Video games.

If Microsoft doesn’t bring forth some really impressive video-game centric stuff at E3, then this console is as good as dead. Regardless, I will not be getting this console. Even if I can buy it for a penny, I’m not touching this thing.

Eh, I don’t think anyone should kill themselves.

I think if people like that Anon really dislike what I type up, they should just avoid me. Ain’t that hard, really. It’s not like I put every post I make under every single tag in existence or anything.

But I just wonder what the Anon meant. In what ways do I have “bad taste”, really?

Along with that ‘taste’ is a matter of opinion. Ask one person and they’ll say anyone who doesn’t like Justin Bieber has poor taste. Ask another and they’ll say the opposite.

In which case, what opinionated definition of “good taste” out there is so ‘true’ and so ‘right’, that anyone who happens to disagree with it is suddenly enough of a disgrace that they feel they should tell these people to kill themselves?

Do they really want people to die because they have a differing opinion? Because that is just silly.

But in the end, I finally got someone to dislike me to the point in which they told me to kill myself. I feel like I have actually accomplished something on this site, and that makes me feel proud.

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Awwwwwwwwwwwww it’s a cute widdle anon!

Hi cute widdle anon!

I wuv u cute widdle anon! c:

(For those that don’t want to read a long text post: Stop being jerks, have a bit of respect for each other, and let’s just get along. In case you couldn’t tell, this is geared towards people who go allcapsrage on something they dislike)

Alright, I may be late to the party on this one, but some of ya’ll need to tone down your rage towards one (or both) of these lines. And for those that don’t know, I love Lego’s BIONICLE, Hero Factory, and Technic lines.

Some people find the BIONICLE story confusing as all heck, so they dislike it because of that. Ok, cool. Don’t care.

Some people find the Hero Factory story too simplistic and cheesy, so they dislike it because of that. Ok, cool. Don’t. Care.

I like both. I don’t see anything wrong with liking one over the other. I mean, when the post says “BIONICLE WAS FUCKING STUPID I HATE BIONICLE FUCK BIONICLE” my first reaction is “You’re an idiot”, because the opinion is so unprofessionally composed.

If it was something like “I dislike BIONICLE because I find the story to be too complicated for a children’s toy line, and as such I prefer Hero Factory,” my initial reaction would be “Yea, I can see why you’d think that. But I, personally, disagree with your opinion.”

And this goes with the opposite side too. Things like “BIONICLE WAS BETTER HERO FACTORY IS TOO SIMPLE AND STUPID AND THE SETS FUCKING SUCK FUCK HERO FACTORY” is unacceptable, and my initial reaction to opinions such as that will always be “You’re an idiot”.

Seriously. These are TOYS. Some of them have an impact in our childhood and are very important and special to us, yes. But you aren’t going to get anywhere by saying “HERO FACTORY FUCKING SUCKS BRING BACK BIONICLE”.

Yes, making such immature, rage-filled opinionated posts will get you a lot of attention. Congrats if that’s all you were lookin’ for. But if you actually want to express your opinion, please do so in a mature manner.

What if someone came up to you and started shouting about how something you like is stupid and that you’re stupid for liking it over something he likes? Most of us have been in such a situation thanks to this li’l fandom alone, and it sucks, so don’t do it to other people.

I mean, I know kids that like Hero Factory, and weren’t even around for BIONICLE. Are you seriously going to say that these kids are stupid for liking something they know nothing about over something that they actually have experience with? No? Then why the hell would you do that to any other person?

When Hero Factory first came out, my opinions lacked the common “NUUUUUUUUUUU BRING BACK BRIONICLEZXX WAH”, instead my opinion was as follows (paraphrased, of course); “The story isn’t going to be anywhere near as awesome as BIONICLE’s, but it will appeal to kids, which is the point of a children’s toy. I personally really like these new sets, but for most people, especially MOCists, Hero Factory will be nothing but a big back of parts.”

Everyone else seemed to be more along the lines of “THESE SETS ARE SHIT COMPARED TO THE TOA MATA BRING BACK BIONICLE THIS HERO FACTORY SHIT SUCKS BRING BACK BIONICLE I WANT MY BIONICLES BACK”

No allcaps rage, no BRING BACK BIONICLE bullshit, and my opinion was met with the same maturity that I typed it up with. Now if we all start doing this, we can all get along.

We all have our preferences, we all have differing opinions (even within the same fandom), and I don’t see why people have to be so disrespectful to each other because of that.